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We’re now in the midst of a partial federal government shutdown that began after House and Senate lawmakers failed to end the budget standoff, and adjourned when last-minute negotiations fizzled.

The House went home and the Senate adjourned, assuring that a quarter of the government would run out of money and be forced to shut down at midnight. Once it became a foregone conclusion that the government would be partially closed, President Trump took to Twitter, where he acknowledged the inevitability of a shutdown in a video.

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